Religious right fuels war: Web sites such as Tanker Bob's are the reason the U.S. will go to war

The Halifax Daily News, NEWS; Pg. 21 | December 12, 2002 | Mark Parent, Parent in Politics

[new cruelty]

ok, Charlie.

my only cause thus far has been to find articles of interest and post them for others to read and comment (as they wish). on occasion, i will include my comments, though they are usually in agreement with those already posted.

though with witty banter and barbs like yours, it is an added treat when people like you assume i am trying to pick a fight or that i hate americans and christians.

[mil-vet]

Thanks for the post - intersting and sad!

Mark Parent has missed the entire point! Another foreigner with US-envy, no doubt!

Tanker Bob, of course, has nothing to do with whther the US is going to war with Iraq! Irag has EVERYTHING to do with whether the US is going to "...put a boot in [their] a$$, that's the American way" (Thanks to Toby Keith for those words).

After all, the Israeli intel service provided unequivocal proof that Iraq had bankrolled both WTC attacks immediately after 9/11! The WOT has nothing to do with religion (there are even those who maintain that islam is a philosophy, not a religion), it has to do with a bunch of islamics who want to kill everyone not islamic, as they are directed by the koran! If the WOT means take out Iraq, c'est la vie!

As for that outstanding cartoon by the 17 y-o highschool student of "mommy liberty" (do a google search on "mommy liberty"), Mark Parent again has no clue! Maybe liberal canada wants to become another state tied forever to the pathetic loser image France has created with their surrenders and "compromises" over the centuries??

[mil-vet]

Lancer, I like the way your mind works (little "Taken" paraphrase there)!

[Charlie OK]

I posted without viewing your posting history and without you lending your own comments on the article, I assumed that you were the same person that has been doing these hit and run pieces and changing their screen-names every time they get banned. We have had a person doing that quite a lot lately and I figured it was him again. I should not have jumped to conclusions that you were the same person that has been doing this.

Usually if I post an article that I know will stir up controversy, I put in a comment of my own to let people know that I am not flaming so they will not address their heated comments to me directly. Sincerest apologies.

[new cruelty]

oh. ok. no harm, no foul.

[PAR35]

So this is what passes for Baptist theology in Canada:

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/WFNS/e_press3.html
Mark Parent, Spirit Scapes (Northstone Publishing) $19.95

Alternative medicine, the new physics, Gaia, near-death experiences, the New Age, fundamentalism, revivalism, feminist and liberation theology -- everywhere we turn, new ways of thinking about the divine, about the Earth and the cosmos and our place in it, are surfacing like bubbles from some subterranean spring. Clearly, North Americans have embarked on a spiritual quest. This book provides an overview and analysis of nine of the most significant spiritual movements of our time, and shows their potential to influence both contemporary religion and society.

A keen observor of religious issues, Mark Parent has published numerous articles in several religious periodicals and, in 1993, a book entitled Enigmatic Answers. Mark is minister at Pereaux United Baptist Church and teaches in the Department of Continuing Education at Mount Allison University. Haligonian by birth, adopted into Port Williams, Mark Parent moved to Bolivia, South America at an early age and spent his formative years in Oruro and La Paz. Mark and wife Catherine have three children, Jeremy, Meaghan, and Kaitlyn.

[general_re]

Interview with "Tanker Bob"...

[John O]

I love that post. Never tire of reading it.

God Save America (Please)

[LadyDoc]

Mexican-Americans will be the largest voting bloc in the history of the United States.

"More than 300,000 Mexican Americans served in the armed forces during World War II. Most enlisted in the army, and based on their percentage of the total population, more Chicanos served in combat divisions than any other ethnic group…. Their valor helped them garner proportionately more military honors than any other ethnic group. Of 14 Texans awarded the Medal of Honor, five were Mexican Americans. By the end of the war 17 Mexican Americans had earned the Medal of Honor. Five were awarded posthumously. "

[notdownwidems]

Attention liberals! (preaching to the choir alert!) whether or not ahmed islamakazi is your enemy, YOU are still HIS ENEMY! What part of that don't you understand? </rant>

[no-s]

Can I put in my plug here to bring back the Mexican constitution of 1824?

[potlatch]

That's funny, but it gave me a headache!! LOL!